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K.B. Mitchell fonds
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- Part Of
- K.B. Mitchell fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 9 journals by K. B. (Bruce) Mitchell, 1941-1949 relating to his years as Chief Warden in Banff National Park. Photographs are of Bruce Mitchell on skis.
- Date Range
- 1941-1949
- Reference Code
- M206 / V168
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Part Of
- K.B. Mitchell fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 206
- V 168
- Sous-Fonds
- M 206
- V 268
- Accession Number
- 7956 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M206 / V168
- Date Range
- 1941-1949
- Physical Description
- 9 vol. textual records. -- 2 photographs
- History / Biographical
- K. B. (Bruce) Mitchell was born in Calgary in 1910 to Alexander and Agnes Mitchell, both Scottish immigrants. While a high school student, Bruce Mitchell worked the summer months on a ranch, west of Calgary, where he learned to stook hay and dance at the Jumping Pound Community Hall. In 1927 he was hired as an office boy with the Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service in Calgary and then as a junior hydrometric recorder. In 1930 Mitchell worked as a survey engineer doing topographic surveys but lost that job due to the Depression. In 1931 Mitchell was hired as an acting park warden in Banff National Park and from 1933 to 1941 he was clerk and accountant for Banff National Park. In August 1941 Mitchell became Chief Park Warden in Banff National Park and from 1949 to 1954, he was Assistant Superintendent, Banff National Park. Following that, Mitchell was on special duty to Ottawa for six months. In 1955 Mitchell was Superintendent of Riding Mountain National Park, Kootenay National Park, Jasper National Park and finally Supervisor of National Parks Western Regional Office when he retired in 1970.
- Bruce married Marjorie Kay in 1934 and while in Banff, they lived at 454 Muskrat Street and then at 427 Marten Street. Bruce was a Scout leader and enjoyed skiing, snowshoeing, bowling and dancing at the Cascade Ballroom in Banff. Bruce and Marjorie were active members of the Kinsmen and Kinnette clubs and Bruce served on the Banff Winter Carnival Committees. Bruce and Marjorie had three children.
- Bruce Mitchell died in 2004 and he and Marjorie (d.1961) are buried in the Old Banff Cemetery.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of 9 journals by K. B. (Bruce) Mitchell, 1941-1949 relating to his years as Chief Warden in Banff National Park. Photographs are of Bruce Mitchell on skis.
- Name Access
- Mitchell, K. B. (Bruce)
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Environment
- Law and justice
- Natural resources
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- No finding aid
- Creator
- Mitchell, K. B. (Bruce)
- Category
- Environment
- Law and justice
- Natural resources
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record, We Live in a Postcard: Banff Family Histories (Banff: Banff History Book Committee, 2005)
- Title Source
- Title based on provenance of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Ken Jones fonds
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- Ken Jones fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a diary, photographs and a sound recording. Diary contains five year daily entries during the period 1937-1941. The diary was found in a deserted cabin in Moberly in 1974 and describes Jones' weather observations, employment details and personal matters as skiing guide, camp cook…
- Date Range
- 1937-1968
- Reference Code
- M432 / S10 / V157
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Machine-readable data file
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Diary
- Part Of
- Ken Jones fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 432
- S 10
- V 157
- Sous-Fonds
- M 432
- S 10
- V 157
- Accession Number
- 1726, 3314, 7937 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M432 / S10 / V157
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Machine-readable data file
- Photograph print
- Sound recording
- Reel to reel
- Textual record
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1937-1968
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. textual records. -- 1 sound recording: audio tape reel. -- ca.3287 photographs: 1756 negatives, 1531 prints, 3 albums, 1 optical disc: CD-ROM (97 digitized images)
- History / Biographical
- Ken Jones, 1910?-2004, was active during the period 1937 to 1941 as a ski guide between Lake Louise and Skoki Lodge and as a mining camp cook at McDame's Creek, British Columbia (1937). He worked summers farming at his home in Forde, British Columbia and winters at Lake Louise and the Yoho Valley on snow removal and various jobs (1937-1940). He mined at Base Metals Monarch Mine, Field, British Columbia in 1941, then returned to Forde, British Columbia and Glacier, British Columbia. During this period, he competed in various ski meets and was a friend of the Swiss guides at Lake Louise and Golden.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of a diary, photographs and a sound recording. Diary contains five year daily entries during the period 1937-1941. The diary was found in a deserted cabin in Moberly in 1974 and describes Jones' weather observations, employment details and personal matters as skiing guide, camp cook, miner, farmer, labourer and competitive skier. Diary also describes trips to Mount Assiniboine and Freshfield Glacier.
- Sound recording is mainly of Ken Jones relating stories about mountain personalities, including Chet Ogan, Jimmy Simpson and Tom Wilson; also includes short discussion between Collins and Rummel. Recording was made by Ken Jones, Myrna Collins and Elizabeth Rummel at Sunburst Camp, Mount Assiniboine, July 1968.
- Photographs are primarily b&w and include images of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains, Revelstoke, Yoho Valley, Lake Louise, Skoki, Freshfield, Wyoming; renovations and additions to Num-Ti-Jah Lodge; and hunting trips during the period ca.1930-1950. Also included is a CD-ROM of digitized images in TIFF and JPEG image file formats compiled in 2004 by Chic Scott and Dave Birrell.
- Name Access
- Jones, Ken
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- sound recording summaries
- Creator
- Jones, Ken
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on diary and accession records.
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Leonard Leacock fonds
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- Part Of
- Leonard Leacock fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides. Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Can…
- Date Range
- 1924-1992
- Reference Code
- M372 / S24 / V353
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Leonard Leacock fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 372
- S 24
- V 353
- Sous-Fonds
- M 372
- S 24
- V 353
- Accession Number
- 2568, 3451, 6501, 6502, 6503, 6507, 6580, 6756, 7091, 2022.36
- Reference Code
- M372 / S24 / V353
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1924-1992
- Physical Description
- ca.5100 photographs (ca.4450 transparencies, ca.575 negatives, ca.90 prints). -- 17 cm of textual records (including several volumes). -- 4 sound recordings
- History / Biographical
- Leonard Henry Leacock, 1904-1992, was a musician and educator at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Leacock was born in England and raised in Banff, Alberta. He was educated in Banff and Boston and through the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and the Royal School of Music, London, England. Leacock joined the staff of Mount Royal College, Calgary as a piano teacher in 1924 and retired from teaching ca.1989. His music career also included performing, composing and adjudicating. Throughout his life, Leacock was an avid mountaineer and photographer. He took numerous hiking and horse trips in the Banff, Jasper and Yoho areas and sometimes worked in trail camps or as a guide.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consist of four separate series: A. I.A. Photography: negatives; B. I.C. Photography: transparencies, 35mm; C. I.D. Photography: prints; D. I.B. Photography: lantern slides.
- Fonds consists mainly of scenic transparency views arising from Leacock's climbs, hikes, horse and car trips in the Canadian Rockies and Selkirks from the Crowsnest Pass through Jasper National Park, ca.1939 to 1984. Also included are travels in Yukon, Canada and the United States, including Alaska. Negatives date from 1925 to 1940? and pertain to Assiniboine, Lake Louise, Banff, Banff-Jasper, Columbia Icefield and other mountain areas; also natural history, including wildflowers and wildlife. A small number of negatives are accompanied by prints. Other prints pertain to Leacock, family, events and scenic views.
- Textual records include letters, 1926-1986, 1 cm; diaries, 1930-1934, 1943, 2 items; scrapbooks and clippings, 1931-1936, ca.6 cm; manuscript scores of vocal and instrumental music, before 1985, 8 cm; concert programmes for which Leacock wrote the notes, 1962-1969, 37 items; other concert programmes, [ca.1945]-1986, 2 cm; writings, 1924, 1928, n.d., 4 items; other material, 1931-1987, 8 items. Diaries pertain to Leacock's personal life, giving details of musical, writing, artistic and dramatic activities; teaching and tour guiding; hikes and climbs in the Canadian Rockies; and friends, including Herbert Hahn and Stewart Cameron. Some letters are from Earle Birney, 1926-1978.
- Sound recordings are interviews with Leacock re his career in music, including performing, composing and teaching; also music played by Leacock. Also includes one cassette recording [ca.1985-1992] of Doug Hawkes interviewing Leacock re: a pack trip he went on around 1931 between Gleichen and Jasper and back; cassette includes a story of a camp trip at Castlegar.
- Subject Access
- Arts
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Music
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- file description
- electronic inventory
- summary and reference copy recording for audio interview
- Creator
- Leacock, Leonard
- Category
- Arts
- Education
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Lillian Gest fonds
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- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landsca…
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Lillian Gest fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Sous-Fonds
- M 67
- S 36
- V 225
- Accession Number
- 431, 699, 737, 1096, 1105, 1274, 1516, 1886, 2120, 2144, 2411, 2613, 2781, 2959, 3436, 5142, 7732
- Reference Code
- M67 / S36 / V225
- GMD
- Motion picture
- Film
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Sound recording
- Cassette
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1894-1984
- Physical Description
- 1.1 m of textual records. -- ca.7400 photographs : transparencies, prints, negatives, published photographs. -- 12 photograph albums (4208 prints). -- 47 motion pictures. -- 7 sound recordings : audio tape cassettes
- History / Biographical
- Lillian Gest, 1897-1986, of Merion, Pennsylvania visited the Canadian Rockies almost every summer for sixty years, beginning in 1921. She was an active participant in "Off the Beaten Track" trips organized by Caroline Hinman between 1923 and 1933, in which young people camped, hiked, hunted and went horseback riding throughout the region between Mount Assiniboine and Mount Robson. During the 1930s, Gest attended hikes of the Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and developed mountaineering skills at Alpine Club of Canada annual camps. Christian Hasler Jr. often served as her guide. Gest also belonged to the American Alpine Club, the Philadelphia Trails Club and the Lake O'Hara Trails Club. She spent considerable time in the Lake O'Hara region and wrote "History of Lake O'Hara" (1961), "History of Moraine Lake" (1970), and "History of Mount Assiniboine" (1979).
- Scope & Content
- Fonds documents Lillian Gest's visits and travels in the Canadian Rockies and elsewhere. Pertains to mountain travel, particularly pack trips, camps, mountaineering and recreation; Alpine Club of Canada; Sky Line Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies; natural and human history; the mountain landscape; scenic views; family and friends.
- Textual records include: I. Personal papers, 1925-1982, 36 cm., including A. Diaries and trip notes, B. Correspondence, C. Other; II. Activities, 1913- 1984, 50 cm., including: A. Writing (book projects, articles, memoirs and other writing), B. Nature study, C. Photography, D. Travel; III. Clubs and organizations, 1932-1984, n.d., 22.5 cm., including: A. American Alpine Club, B. Alpine Club of Canada C. Other (Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, Lake O'Hara Trails Club, Philadelphia Trails Club); IV. Other, 1894-1968, n.d., 1.5 cm., including: A. Caroline Hinman papers, B. Miscellaneous papers.
- Photographs include: I. Transparencies, 1939-1981, 7153 items; II. Photograph albums, 1919-1958, 12 v. (4208 prints); III. Motion pictures, 1928-1942, 47 reels; IV. Prints and negatives, [ca.1912]-1980, 194 items; V. Published photographs, [ca.1930-ca.1980], n.d., 17 items. Images are well identified.
- Accompanied by sound recordings of portions of diaries.
- Name Access
- Gest, Lillian
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- microfilm copies of albums
- motion picture summaries and index (for 45 films)
- reference video copies for some films
- Creator
- Gest, Lillian
- Category
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Margaret Gold Brine fonds
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- Part Of
- Margaret Gold Brine fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and textual records relating to Margaret Gold Brine's mountaineering activities, 1919-1984. Photographs include 15 (incl. 4 oversize) loose prints, ca.1919-[ca.1930] of Mount Assiniboine, ACC camps, and portraits; 2 photograph albums containing 127 + 14 prints, ca.192…
- Date Range
- 1919-1926, 1984
- Reference Code
- M147 / V105
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Margaret Gold Brine fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 147
- V 105
- Sous-Fonds
- M 147
- V 105
- Accession Number
- 7746
- Reference Code
- M147 / V105
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1919-1926, 1984
- Physical Description
- 2 photograph albums (141 prints). -- 295 photographs: 216 prints, 79 negatives. -- 1.5 cm textual records
- History / Biographical
- Margaret Gold Brine, 1898-1985, born in Fort Langley, B.C. was educated at the University of Alberta earning her Master's in languages. She taught at the University of Alberta from 1924 to ca.1928. She married Charles Brine in 1928. Margaret Gold Brine climbed in the Canadian Rockies and the Alps with ascents that included Mount Edmonton, Mount Assiniboine, Mount Robson and Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of photographs and textual records relating to Margaret Gold Brine's mountaineering activities, 1919-1984. Photographs include 15 (incl. 4 oversize) loose prints, ca.1919-[ca.1930] of Mount Assiniboine, ACC camps, and portraits; 2 photograph albums containing 127 + 14 prints, ca.1925 pertaining to Mount Assiniboine trip; 188 prints & 79 negatives, ca.1925 pertaining to climbing, Alpine Club of Canada and [Trail Riders?]; 13 prints & 1 hand-drawn map, ca.1925, pertaining to Switzerland. Textual records include1920 climbing diary; newsclippings of 3rd Mount Robson ascent by a woman (1924); Alpine Club of Canada letters, membership fees and publications; poetry and songsheets pertaining to Alpine Club of Canada including song for opening of alpine hut in Quesnel heights; manuscript "The Ascent of Mount Edmonton"' Cyril G. Wates, 1920; letter from John Murray Gibbon concerning the formation of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, 1924; newspaper article pertaining to philanthropy of Margaret Brine, 1981?
- Name Access
- Brine, Margaret Gold
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Online finding aid
- Creator
- Brine, Margaret Gold
- Category
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Biographical Source Notes
- Accession record
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Marguerite Orr Rutherford fonds
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- Part Of
- Marguerite Orr Rutherford fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal papers and portraits, ca.1915-1990; incoming letters, ca.1915-1979; wedding journal, 1927; activity photographs, 1930s-1940s; hospital assistant papers and photographs, 1942-1945; print material and photographs re Inuit art, ca.1960; family history papers and portraits, c…
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1990
- Reference Code
- M320 / V556
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- Marguerite Orr Rutherford fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 320
- V 556
- Sous-Fonds
- M 320
- V 556
- Accession Number
- 1569, 6773
- Reference Code
- M320 / V556
- Date Range
- [ca.1875]-1990
- Physical Description
- 14 cm of textual records. -- ca.100 photographs : prints. -- 1 item of print material
- History / Biographical
- Marguerite Beryl Orr Rutherford (also known as Marguerite Orr), 1903-1993, was a businesswoman and outdoor enthusiast at Banff and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was the daughter of Lorne and May Orr and grand-daughter of Wesley Fletcher Orr, early mayor of Calgary. Marguerite Orr grew up in Banff, where she attended high school with Earle Birney. In 1927, she married Clyde "Rusty" Rutherford, from whom she was later separated. During WWII, Rutherford worked as a hospital assistant at Whitehorse, Yukon. She later owned Cottage Crafts in Calgary and sold Eskimo art, ca.1960, when it was just becoming popular. Rutherford was a close friend of Allen Bill, war correspondent and later editor and sports columnist for the Calgary Herald.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal papers and portraits, ca.1915-1990; incoming letters, ca.1915-1979; wedding journal, 1927; activity photographs, 1930s-1940s; hospital assistant papers and photographs, 1942-1945; print material and photographs re Inuit art, ca.1960; family history papers and portraits, ca.1875-1974; Allen Bill photographs, 1940s-1970s; Earle Birney typescript poem and inscribed publication "David and Other Poems," 1942.
- Name Access
- Birney, Earle
- Rutherford, Marguerite Orr
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Related Material
- Accompanied by artifacts (Heritage collections)
- Creator
- Rutherford, Marguerite Orr
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
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- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sen…
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Postcard
- Private record
- Part Of
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M555
- V777
- Sous-Fonds
- M555
- V777
- Accession Number
- 2018.8685
- Reference Code
- M555 / V777
- Responsibility
- Some materials produced by Catharine (Adams) Elkin
- Date Range
- [ca.1844 - 1909]
- [ca.1939 - 1944]
- 1980 - 1981
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 21 cm of textual records -- 16 postcards -- 3 drawings -- 1 photograph album : 107 b&w photographs
- History / Biographical
- Mary Wright (Molly) Adams was born on 15 October 1868. in Ridgefield Connecticut. She was the third of five children born to Cornelia Ann Cook (1830-1902) and Daniel Lucius Adams (1814 - 1899) She died in Kobe, Japan on 23 January 1909 and was buried there.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of textual records, postcards, drawings and one photograph album pertaining to Mary (Molly) Wright Adams (1868-1909); transcripts of Molly's original letters which were compiled by Molly's sister, Catharine Elkin (nee Adams) between ca.1939 and 1941; and transcriptions of letters sent between Molly's extended family members [including members of the Adams, Cook and Wright families], ca.1844 and 1866. Textual records primarily consist of correspondence sent between Molly Adams and various friends and family members [ca.1891-1909].
- Notes
- Fonds consists of two series: Series I : Correspondence [contains two sub-series: I / A : Molly Wright Adams ; I / B : Extended family] Series II : Personal and collected records
- Name Access
- Adams, Molly
- Schaffer, Mary
- Subject Access
- Family and personal life
- Family
- Correspondence
- Travel
- Exploration
- Geographic Access
- United States of America
- Connecticut
- New York
- Europe
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Mary (Molly) Wright Adams fonds
- Biographical Source Notes
- Searching for Mary Schaffer: Women Wilderness Photography by Colleen Skidmore
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Moore family fonds
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- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of seven series : I. Philip Moore family series, ca.1882-1964, 42 cm., and contains three sub-series: A. Personal papers and photographs, 1897-1964 (college career, personal life, activities and estate); B. Professional papers and photographs, 1905-[ca.1950] (military career and re…
- Date Range
- 1838-1973
- Reference Code
- M307 / V439
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Moore family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 307
- V 439
- Sous-Fonds
- M 307
- V 439
- Accession Number
- 347, 421, 988, 1018, 1029, 1891, 2037, 2091, 2764, 2769, 2828, 2872, 2933, 3891, 5248, 5581, 6020, 7412 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M307 / V439
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Drawing
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1838-1973
- Physical Description
- ca.1 m textual records. -- ca.3400 photographs: prints, transparencies, negatives. -- 10 photograph albums (ca.1000 prints). -- 24 motion pictures.
- History / Biographical
- The Moore family resided at Banff, Alberta and Yoho Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Col. Philip A. Moore, 1879-1951, was a guide, soldier, lecturer and publicist. Pearl Brewster Moore, 1889-1973, was a homemaker and tourist lodge operator. Daughter, Edmee Brewster Moore (Reid), 1908-1971, was a homemaker and wife of Charles Reid. Pearl Brewster, born in Banff, was an active sportswoman. In 1905, she met Philip Moore, who had joined Jim and Bill Brewster in the packing business. The Moores made their home in Banff in 1907. A trained soldier, Philip Moore distinguished himself in France in the First World War and served with the Calgary Highlanders during the Second World War. The Moores ran various Canadian Pacific Railway facilities, including Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp, during the 1920s and early 1930s. Col. Moore lectured widely during this period using motion pictures and lantern slides. During the 1930s, the Moores travelled extensively and were active in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Pearl Moore was instrumental in the Banff-Jasper fund during the Second World War. In 1971, Pearl Moore gave their log home, a showcase of Stoney Nakoda artifacts and art, to the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of seven series :
- I. Philip Moore family series, ca.1882-1964, 42 cm., and contains three sub-series: A. Personal papers and photographs, 1897-1964 (college career, personal life, activities and estate); B. Professional papers and photographs, 1905-[ca.1950] (military career and research, writing and lecturing); C. Volunteer activities, 1935-1945 (Jubilee Committee; National War Finance Committee, Victory Loan program).
- II. Pearl Moore series. -- 1890-1973. -- 21.5 cm of textual records. -- 156 photographs: prints. -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Personal papers and photographs, 1990-1973 (photographs, letters, diaries, notes and notebooks, and other material); B. Legal and financial papers, 1908-1971; C. Volunteer activities, [1940?]-1942 (Banff-Jasper Spitfire Fund, the Red Cross, wartime work).
- III. Edmee Moore series. -- 1908-1965. -- 8 cm of textual records. -- 152 photographs : prints, 4 photograph albums. -- Series consists of six sub-series: A. Photographs, 1908-1965; B. Letters and notes, [ca.1915-ca.1920]; C. Sketchbooks; D. Diaries and scrapbooks, 1926-1938; E. Financial and legal papers, 1935-1965; F. Other, 1919-1953.
- IV. Philip Moore family series. -- 1885-1970. -- 20 cm of textual records. -- 1183 photographs (1075 prints and negatives, 117 transparencies, 51 stereo cards). -- 11 motion pictures. -- Series consists of seven sub-series: A. Family portraits, 1885-[ca.1970]; B. Home, friends and activities, [ca.1910]-1962; C. Financial papers, 1907-1951; D. Travel, 1931-1936; E. Business papers, bungalow camp operations, 1921-1932; F. Banff/Lake Louise area photographs, 1885-1965; G. Other, [ca.1895-ca.1960].
- V. Moore and Brown families series. -- 1838-1950. -- 8 cm of textual records. -- 156 photographs : prints. -- Series consists of five sub-series: A. Roger Brown Moore, 1890-1931; B. Maria K. Moore estate, 1922-1927; C. William Gordon Moore, Laura Moore and Roger Brown Moore estate, 1930-1939; D. Maria K. Moore and Roger Brown Moore, 1925-1930; E. Other material, 1838-1950.
- VI. Brewster family series. -- [ca.1880]-1970. -- 6 cm of textual records. -- 289 photographs : prints, 2 photograph albums. -- Series consists of five sub-series: A. John and Isabella Brewster, 1904-1948; B. Fred Brewster, 1909-1953; C. James I. Brewster, 1909-1936; D. Fern Brewster, 1930-1932; E. Brewster family, [ca.1880]-1970; F. Other material, 1898-1969.
- VII. Other material series. -- 1885-1970. -- 709 photographs : prints. -- Series consists of three sub-series: A. Scenics, 1885-1970; B. People, 1885-1970; C. Other, 1885-1970.
- Name Access
- Moore, Edmee
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Phil
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Military
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: file description and index
- electronic finding aid
- summaries and video reference copies for some motion pictures
- Related Material
- Portion of photographs related by provenance to Mary Schaffer Warren fonds (M79 /V527)
- Creator
- Moore, Pearl
- Moore, Philip
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Norman Sanson fonds
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- Norman Sanson fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photographs resulting from Sanson's life and work. Textual records consist of: I. Correspondence, 1901-1944, 2 cm.; II. Research and professional papers, 1890-1947, 45 cm., includes notebooks and notes pertaining to nature study, meteorological research, Sulphur Mounta…
- Date Range
- 1855-1949
- Reference Code
- M3 / V246
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Norman Sanson fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M3
- V246
- Sous-Fonds
- M3
- V246
- Accession Number
- 109, 148, 181, 334, 384, 400, 439, 448, 1036, 1148, 1191, 2072. 2484, 2594, 2771, 3028, 6351, 6739, 8096
- Reference Code
- M3 / V246
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Photograph print
- Postcard
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1855-1949
- Physical Description
- ca.55 cm and 21 v. of textual records. -- 46 photograph albums (ca.7500 prints). -- 1 postcard set (37 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Norman Bethune Sanson, 1862-1949, was a naturalist, meteorologist and museum curator at Banff, Alberta, Canada. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a prominent clergyman, he developed a life-long interest in natural history as a boy. Sanson came west in 1885 to fight in the Riel Rebellion as a member of the Queen's Own Rifles.
- In 1892, Sanson came to Banff as an accountant for the Sanitarium Hotel. He also did book-keeping for other local businesses and handled the town's weather reports. In 1896 he was appointed curator of the Park Museum and also worked as zookeeper for the Banff Zoo. From 1896 until 1931, Sanson was meteorological officer and curator of the Park Museum. In 1903 an observatory was built on Sulphur Mountain on a site chosen by Sanson. During the period 1903-1931, Sanson made one thousand ascents of Sulphur Mountain to collect weather records. In 1948, the Dominion Government acknowledged his many years of service by naming a peak on the mountain for him.
- As a nature enthusiast, Sanson was well-known both in Banff and beyond. He was an avid collector of flora and fauna, both privately and through his job as museum curator. Sanson was an active member of the Alpine Club of Canada, the Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies and the Banff Rotary Club. He was a warden of St. George's Anglican Church and a supporter of the Canadian Bible Society. He was active in community events such as the Banff Winter Carnival, for which he organized and led the snowshoeing events. An ardent mountain traveller, he enjoyed both hiking and snowshoeing. Following retirement, Sanson toured extensively on foot throughout Britain and Europe.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of papers and photographs resulting from Sanson's life and work.
- Textual records consist of: I. Correspondence, 1901-1944, 2 cm.; II. Research and professional papers, 1890-1947, 45 cm., includes notebooks and notes pertaining to nature study, meteorological research, Sulphur Mountain and maps; III. Travel diary, 1900-1933, 1 cm.; IV. Register books, 1931, 1941, n.d. 2 cm.; IV. Scrapbooks, 1909-1931, n.d., 21 vol, many containing postcards from Great Britain and around the world; VI. Miscellaneous, 1855-1895, n.d., 4 cm.
- Photographs consist of: I. Albums, 1880s-1949, 46 v., pertain to Norman Sanson's life and work; document Banff Park Museum, Sulphur Mountain and Sulphur Mountain Observatory; natural history, including mountain flora, collecting trips, weather surveys and snow surveys; Banff events, including Banff Winter Carnival, Banff Indian Days, Highland Gatherings and Banff Regatta; mountain travels and travels throughout Canada, United States, England and Europe; friends, associates and Banff personalities. Detailed identifications provided by Norman Sanson. II. Postcard set, ca.1930.
- Name Access
- Sanson, Norman
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Science and technology
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series description and partial file description
- reference microfilm copies of photographs albums and some textual materials
- Creator
- Sanson, Norman
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Norman Titherington fonds
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- Norman Titherington fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal and professional records in both textual and photographic form. Textual records consist of: Reminiscences in the form of note books covering periods 1894-1942, 1942-1944, 1944-1948, 1948-1974, 4 v.; Transcripts of reminiscences covering periods 1894-1942, 1942-1944, 194…
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1975
- Reference Code
- M425 / V349
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Part Of
- Norman Titherington fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 425
- V 349
- Sous-Fonds
- M 425
- V 349
- Accession Number
- 3190, 3344, 3495, 6059, 7413
- Reference Code
- M425 / V349
- Date Range
- [ca.1912]-1975
- Physical Description
- ca.13 cm of textual records. -- ca.720 photographs : transparencies. -- 2 cartographic records
- History / Biographical
- Norman Titherington, 1894-1976, was a fire towerman in Banff National Park. Titherington came to Canada from England in 1919 following ranch work in Idaho and World War I service with the British Army. He visited the Rocky Mountains in 1940 and travelled throughout the backcountry on several extended trips. In 1949, he embarked on the seasonal career of a towerman at the Aylmer Fire Tower, serving until 1965
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of personal and professional records in both textual and photographic form.
- Textual records consist of: Reminiscences in the form of note books covering periods 1894-1942, 1942-1944, 1944-1948, 1948-1974, 4 v.; Transcripts of reminiscences covering periods 1894-1942, 1942-1944, 1949-1965; Work diaries, 1953-1965, 5 v.; Sheep records, 1949-1953, 1965, 4 v.; Stories and memoirs, 3 v. and 1 ms.; Manuscripts by others, 2 items. Cartographic items are annotated topographic maps, 1942?
- Photographs consist of: Lantern slides, ca.1912, 140 items, includes commercial and other views; Transparencies, 1942, ca.164 items, 35mm, of Canadian Rockies packtrip, accompanied by identifications, 1 v.; Transparencies, 1961, 17 items, 35mm, mainly views from Aylmer fire lookout tower given by Norman Titherington to his friend E. A. Mansfield, with inscription: In Memory of Aug. 2, 1961, accompanied by identifications (4 p.).
- Notes
- Transcriptions were done by Aileen Harmon and Ursula Bohnsack, ca.1980
- Name Access
- Titherington, Norman
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- *Donor restriction on accn. 7413 - donor must be notified if records in this accn. are to be published. Restriction remains in place for the life of the donor.
- Language
- Language is English
- Creator
- Titherington, Norman
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Unprocessed
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Tom Wilson family fonds
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- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members. Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed …
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Tom Wilson family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 10
- V 701
- Sous-Fonds
- M 10
- V 701
- Accession Number
- 551, 981, 1234, 1578, 1634, 2097, 3039, 7750 (unproc)
- Reference Code
- M10 / V701
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- 1861-1982
- Physical Description
- 2 v. and 2 cm of textual records. -- ca.400 photographs : prints, copy negatives. -- 1 cm of print material
- History / Biographical
- The Wilson family were guides, outfitters and ranchers at Morley, Kootenay Plains, Banff and Nordegg, Alberta, Canada. Thomas Edmonds (Tom) Wilson, 1859- 1933, and Minnie McDougall Wilson, 1865-1936, had six children, including sons John Clark Wilson, 1888-1932, and Thomas Edmonds (Ed) Wilson, 1892-1973. Daughters were Ada, 1886-1967?, Rene, Bessie and Dora. Tom Wilson is credited with the discovery of Lake Louise in July of 1882, while working as a packer on the Canadian Pacific Railway survey through the mountains. In 1883, Wilson established his own business at Banff, Lake Louise and Field, British Columbia. After selling the business in 1904, Tom Wilson operated a horse ranch at Kootenay Plains. He later retired to Banff. Ed Wilson was born at Morley and raised in Banff. Around 1910 he began working for Brewster Trading Company at Banff and, later, Lake Louise. Just before the First World War, he moved to Nordegg, where he worked for the Bighorn Trading Company for many years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds includes textual records and photographs generated and collected by the Wilson family and pertaining to Tom Wilson, son Ed Wilson, daughter Ada Wilson and other family members.
- Textual records include: Ed Wilson's scrapbook, 1881-1968, which includes mainly items pertaining to Tom Wilson, Ed Wilson, the Wilson family, and early guiding and exploration in the Canadian Rockies (photocopy in two volumes); miscellaneous papers, 1905-1929, including a holograph speech by D. D. Galletly on the cave at Banff; letter and note re sale of horses to Frank Wellman, 1920; letters to Catharine Whyte from Ada Wilson re personal matters and Wilson family history, 1964-1965; transcripts of manuscripts by Tom Wilson and B. M. (Bess) Wilson re the CPR and tourism and 1916 pack trip Lake Louise to Kootenay Plains; letters of Col. Robert O'Hara to Tom Wilson, 1895- 1914, re Mount Assiniboine and Lake O'Hara; letter by Catharine Robb Whyte to Tom Link, 1965, re Lake O'Hara history based partly upon above material; diary, Trip to ranch by B. M. Wilson; essay, The last of the pathfinders by Dorie (Wilson) Legit; programmes, articles, clippings re Tom Wilson, 1924-1982; Eliza Edmonds certificate, 1845, and later clipping.
- Photographs pertain to outfitting and guiding activities of Tom, John and Ed Wilson, including clients, associates and trips throughout the Rocky Mountains; Wilson family, friends and associates; Stoney Indians; Kootenay Plains; Banff people and events; Banff townsite and surrounding area; Canadian Pacific Railway; Nordegg area; 1861-1930. Includes photograph of Tom Wilson at Lake Louise inscribed to A. O. Wheeler, 1932. Many of the early photographs were taken by clients of Tom Wilson. Later, after settling at Kootenay Plains, Wilson was apparently given a camera by Mary Vaux and likely took many of the Stoney Indians views. Ed Wilson was an amateur photographer and likely took most of the views of staff at Lake Louise and of Nordegg.
- Name Access
- Wilson, Ada
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- modern reference prints
- Creator
- Wilson, Ed
- Wilson, Tom
- Category
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- First nations
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed / Unprocessed
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Ulysses LaCasse fonds
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- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Gui…
- Date Range
- [ca.1896-ca.1967]
- Reference Code
- M90 / V340
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Ulysses LaCasse fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 90
- V 340
- Sous-Fonds
- M 90
- V 340
- Accession Number
- 139, 617, 936, 1097, 1219, 2659, 5747
- Reference Code
- M90 / V340
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Tintype
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Published record
- Scrapbook
- Date Range
- [ca.1896-ca.1967]
- Physical Description
- ca.15 cm of textual records. -- 4 photograph albums (ca.360 prints). -- ca.70 photographs : prints, copy negatives, negatives, tintype
- History / Biographical
- Ulysses LaCasse (or Ulysse; or La Casse), 1888-1972, was a trail guide and national park warden at Lake Louise and Banff, Alberta, Canada. LaCasse came to Banff in 1908 and worked in various cooking jobs including trail cook for surveys and trail outfits. He guided Caroline Hinman's trail riding groups before joining the Canadian Army in Europe and Siberia. LaCasse accompanied Byron Harmon, Soapy Smith and Louis Freeman on their five hundred mile expedition through the Canadian Rockies, 1924. LaCasse was a long-time warden in the Castle Mountain and Lake Louise districts
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of two series: I. Professional series, ca.1910-1949; II. Professional / personal life series, ca.1896-ca.1967. Professional series contains volumes of textual records, photograph albums and photographs in two sub-series: A. Warden and civil service papers and photographs, and B. Guiding and outfitting papers and photographs. Professional / personal life series contains volumes of textual records, as well as photographs, in two sub-series: A. Scrapbooks, and B. Other material.
- Textual records consist of warden journals, 1934-1949, and scrapbooks, 1911-1961. Journals record weather conditions, wildlife observations, enforcement, construction and maintenance duties, etc. around Castle Mountain and Lake Louise. Scrapbooks contain correspondence and memoranda, 1929-1948, from LaCasse's civil service career. Textual records also include diary of Mavis Benedict, 1917, kept during Caroline Hinman pack trips; copy of a ski trip diary; and biographical notes on LaCasse, ca.1950. Photograph albums pertain to a Caroline Hinman trip in the Mount Assiniboine area, 1917; Columbia Icefield expedition, 1924; and horse trips in the Canadian Rockies, ca.1925.
- Name Access
- Benedict, Mavis
- Hinman, Caroline
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Subject Access
- Banff National Park - Wardens
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Government
- Pack trips
- Access Restrictions
- No restrictions on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- LaCasse, Ulysses
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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William O. Field fonds
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- Part Of
- William O. Field fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area. I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records inclu…
- Date Range
- 1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989
- Reference Code
- M58 / V6
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Part Of
- William O. Field fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 58
- V 6
- Sous-Fonds
- M 58
- V 6
- Accession Number
- 5852, 6787
- Reference Code
- M58 / V6
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Map
- Private record
- Published record
- Date Range
- 1885-1989, predominant 1902-1989
- Physical Description
- ca.7000 photographs : prints, negatives, transparencies. -- 4 photograph albums (475 prints). -- ca.55 cm and 14 v. of textual records. -- 4 cartographic records
- History / Biographical
- William O. Field, 1904-1994, of Massachusetts, U.S.A., was a noted geologist with the American Geographical Society and an expert on mountain glaciers of the northern hemisphere. He made trips to the Canadian Rockies with his father, William Osgood Field, during the 1920s even before graduating from Harvard in 1926. William O. Field studied key glaciers in British Columbia and Alberta from 1922 until 1981.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of records created and collected by William O. Field during to glacier study, research and travels in the Canadian Rockies and area.
- I. CR files : [Canadian Rockies series], 1919-1989, 110 files and 13 volumes of textual records and ca.275 files of photographs. Textual records include diaries, notebooks and files for 1948, 1949 and 1953. Photographs include ca.5800 prints, ca.325 negatives and 4 photograph albums in annual files for years 1919 to 1927 and 1948, 1949 and 1953.
- II. Reports, before 1980.
- III. Resources, 1902-1985, consists of photographs, maps and textual volume collected by Field for research use.
- IV. Display photographs, 1885-1953.
- Name Access
- Field, William O.
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Science and technology
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Creator
- Field, William O.
- Biographical Source Notes
- grant application 2000
- Title Source
- Title based on accession record
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Woodworth family fonds
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- Part Of
- Woodworth family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of four series: I. Percy Woodworth series, ca.1908-1966, 3 cm of textual records, 212 photographs (prints, negatives). Consists of warden diaries, 1924-1927, and photographs pertaining to family, friends, warden activities, hunting, and camping. II. Joe Woodworth series, ca.1890-197…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1973
- Reference Code
- M286 / V628
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Scrapbook
- Part Of
- Woodworth family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 286
- V 628
- Sous-Fonds
- M 286
- V 628
- Accession Number
- 328, 781, 973, 1424, 1606, 1832, 2003, 2071, 2105, 2169, 5723, 6754, 6910
- Reference Code
- M286 / V628
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1973
- Physical Description
- 9.5 cm of textual records. -- 355 photographs (294 prints, 61 negatives)
- History / Biographical
- The Woodworth family was a pioneer family of Banff, Alberta, Canada. Benjamin Franklin Woodworth, 1861-1920, and Fred Woodworth, 1860-1923, came to the Banff area in 1883, and established a homestead at the base of Cascade Mountain. They were sons of Douglas B. Woodworth, member of parliament in Nova Scotia who came to Banff briefly in 1883 regarding a claim on the hot springs at the Cave and Basin. Fred Woodworth became postmaster in Banff before returning to Nova Scotia some time after 1890. His only child, A.M. [Anna Maud?] Woodworth, died in Banff in 1890.
- Ben Woodworth remained in Banff, working for the CPR on railway construction and later as stable foreman for the Banff Springs Hotel. He continued as stable foreman at the Sanitarium Hotel in 1892, moving to the Bankhead coal mine in 1905. In 1910 he became caretaker of the Buffalo Paddock, remaining in the position until his death in 1920 as a result of a horse-related accident.
- In 1888, Benjamin Franklin Woodworth married Elizabeth Anne McIntyre (McIntire), 1868-1936, who had come to Banff in 1887 from Burnley, England. The Woodworths had eleven children: 1) Ethel, 1890-1958, married to Jack Edwards; 2) Benjamin Douglas, 1891-1956, a road builder with the federal government in Banff; 3) Joseph F., 1892-1976, a civil servant and realtor in Banff; 4) Ella Maude, 1894-1977, first married to Jack MacAulay who was killed in 1917, and later married to Forest H. Kidney; 5) Frederick A., 1895-1916, an electrician at the Bankhead Mine; killed in action in First World War; 6) Annie Elizabeth, 1897-1977, married to Ulysses LaCasse; 7) G. Percy "Beef", 1899-1966, Banff national park warden from 1921 to 1963; 8) Mary, 1900-1981, married to Howard J. Deegan; 9) Adelia "Day Day", 1902-1977, married to Nick Nickerson ; 10) Robert G.,1904-1904; 11) John H.,1907-1953, a member of the Calgary City Police for 25 years
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of four series:
- I. Percy Woodworth series, ca.1908-1966, 3 cm of textual records, 212 photographs (prints, negatives). Consists of warden diaries, 1924-1927, and photographs pertaining to family, friends, warden activities, hunting, and camping.
- II. Joe Woodworth series, ca.1890-1973, 94 photographs, 1 cm of textual records. Consists of photographs, trip accounts, autobiographies and other textual items.
- III. Annie Woodworth (LaCasse) series, 1912-1971, 5 cm of textual records. Consists of autograph book and scrapbooks of Annie Woodworth.
- IV. Woodworth family series, ca.1890-1930, 49 photographs. .5 cm of textual records. Consists of family photographs of Ben, Ethel, Mary, Maude, Adelia, Fred A. and John Woodworth and of Howard Deegan; Fred Woodworth papers; and other material.
- Name Access
- Woodworth, Annie
- Woodworth, Ben
- Woodworth, Joe
- Woodworth, Percy
- Subject Access
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Access Restrictions
- Some restriction/s on access
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: arrangement outline
- series and file description
- electronic finding aid
- Related Material
- Related material may be found in the Kidney family fonds (M74/V324)
- Creator
- Woodworth, Joe
- Woodworth, Percy
- Category
- Environment
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Processing Status
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Wright family fonds
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- Part Of
- Wright family fonds
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Andrew "Scotty" Wright papers and photographs, Mary Wright papers and photographs and some Wright family photographs. Textual records include Scotty Wright journals and notebooks, 1922-1942, correspondence, 1932-1937, and other papers, 1932-1967 re employment and personal matters;…
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1967
- Reference Code
- M84 / V711
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- GMD
- Photograph
- Album
- Negative
- Photograph print
- Transparency
- Textual record
- Diary
- Private record
- Part Of
- Wright family fonds
- Description Level
- 1 / Fonds
- Fonds Number
- M 84
- V 711
- Sous-Fonds
- M 84
- V 711
- Accession Number
- 592, 5697, 6614
- Reference Code
- M84 / V711
- Date Range
- [ca.1890]-1967
- Physical Description
- 10 cm of textual records. -- ca.165 photographs (ca.160 prints, 2 transparencies, 2 negatives). -- 4 photograph albums (ca.425 prints)
- History / Biographical
- Andrew "Scotty" Wright, 1887-1960, was a national park warden, carpenter, guide and rancher at Banff and Morley, Alberta, Canada. Wright came to the mountains in 1905 after homesteading and worked for Banff National Park as a warden in the Bankhead, Spray River and Ghost River districts. He was employed in various other jobs related to guiding, construction, equipment maintenance and repairs between Donald, British Columbia and Banff during the 1930s and 1940s, as a camp foreman for the United States Army near the Columbia Icefield, 1942. Andrew "Scotty" Wright and Lillian Hunter Wright, 1890-1936, had two children, Mary, 1914-1968, and William (Bill) "Scotty", 1929-2003. Mary Wright Burles was manager at various times of Skoki Lodge, the Lake Louise Inn, Sunshine Lodge and the Bar C Ranch near Morley where her father often lived his later years.
- Scope & Content
- Fonds consists of Andrew "Scotty" Wright papers and photographs, Mary Wright papers and photographs and some Wright family photographs.
- Textual records include Scotty Wright journals and notebooks, 1922-1942, correspondence, 1932-1937, and other papers, 1932-1967 re employment and personal matters; also miscellaneous personal papers of Mary Wright Burles, 1927-1967.
- Photographs are mainly prints and albums pertaining to Andrew "Scotty" Wright and family, friends and associates, activities, hunting trips, mountain travels and skiing, ca.1890-1959. Includes two albums and some prints pertaining mainly to Mary Wright and her friends and activities at Banff and Skoki, ca.1925-1940, as well as photographs by Nick Morant and six panorama and large-format views by Charles D. Walcott.
- Name Access
- Burles, Mary Wright
- Wright, Andrew (Scotty)
- Subject Access
- Exploration, discovery and travel
- Family and personal life
- Sports, recreation and leisure
- Access Restrictions
- Some restrictions on access to originals
- Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
- Language
- Language is English
- Finding Aid
- Finding aids and reference tools: basic description
- microfilm copy of album/s
- Creator
- Wright, Andrew (Scotty)
- Title Source
- Title based on accession records and contents of fonds
- Processing Status
- Processed
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1931 pack trip
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- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two bound journals/diaries with handwritten notes pertaining to a 1931 packing trip [entries are from July and August, approx. 38 days]. Item M287/I/6 appears to contain original account by Aileen Harmon, and M287/I/7 is rewritten duplicate, also handwritten, likely made for legibi…
- Date Range
- 1931
- [ca. 1931 - ca. 1940]
- Reference Code
- M287 / I / 6 to 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Diary
- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M287 / V262
- Series
- M287 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M287
- Accession Number
- 2016.8596
- Reference Code
- M287 / I / 6 to 7
- GMD
- Textual record
- Diary
- Responsibility
- Items produced by Aileen Harmon
- Date Range
- 1931
- [ca. 1931 - ca. 1940]
- Physical Description
- 3 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of two bound journals/diaries with handwritten notes pertaining to a 1931 packing trip [entries are from July and August, approx. 38 days]. Item M287/I/6 appears to contain original account by Aileen Harmon, and M287/I/7 is rewritten duplicate, also handwritten, likely made for legibility reasons. Author and date of copied version are unknown [possibly similar time period].
- Notes
- The inside front cover of item M287/I/7 is annotated in pencil with names "Jay Nowlin" and "Jack Cooley".
- Name Access
- Nowlin, Jay
- Cooley, Jack
- Harmon, Aileen
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Waterford Lake
- Castle Mountain
- British Columbia
- Goat Ridge
- Camp Parker
- Lake Louise
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Aileen Harmon
- Title Source
- Title provided prior to processing
- Processing Status
- Processed
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1933 Skoki ski trip
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- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an original travel journal/diary annotated by Aileen Harmon pertaining to a 1933 ski trip to Skoki Lodge. File also includes two complete, typed copies of text from original 1933 account [one accompanied by typed letter to "Kathryn", likely Catharine Robb Whyte], and one incomplete…
- Date Range
- 1933
- [ca. 1981 - ca. 1990]
- Reference Code
- M287 / I / 8
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Textual record
- Private record
- Diary
- Part Of
- Aileen Harmon fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M287 / V262
- Series
- M287 / I : Personal records
- Sous-Fonds
- M287
- Accession Number
- 2016.8596
- Reference Code
- M287 / I / 8
- Responsibility
- Produced by Aileen Harmon
- Date Range
- 1933
- [ca. 1981 - ca. 1990]
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope & Content
- File consists of an original travel journal/diary annotated by Aileen Harmon pertaining to a 1933 ski trip to Skoki Lodge. File also includes two complete, typed copies of text from original 1933 account [one accompanied by typed letter to "Kathryn", likely Catharine Robb Whyte], and one incomplete typed copy.
- Notes
- One copy of journal contents annotated
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Harmon, Aileen
- Subject Access
- Skiing
- Travel
- Mountains
- Skoki Lodge
- Geographic Access
- Canada
- Alberta
- Lake Louise
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Aileen Harmon
- Category
- Family and personal life
- Title Source
- Title provided prior to processing
- Processing Status
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Park warden journals [3/3]
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- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park…
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Reference Code
- M495 / 20 to 27
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
- Government record
- Textual record
1 image
8 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Bo Holroyd fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M495
- Series
- I. Park warden series
- Sous-Fonds
- M495
- Accession Number
- 4011
- Reference Code
- M495 / 20 to 27
- Date Range
- 1940-1947
- Physical Description
- 15.5 cm of textual records (7 volumes ; 17.5 x 21.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of journals which present Bo Holroyd's personal record of daily work activities as park warden at Waterton Lakes National Park, 1920 to 1929. Significant observations on ungulate populations, game, wildlife management, warden service duties, and programs and human activity in the park are included. File is 3/3
- Name Access
- Holroyd, Bo
- Subject Access
- Animals
- Bighorn Sheep
- Boats
- Bridges
- Buildings and facilities
- Cabins and shelters
- Camps
- Conservation
- Dairies
- Ecology
- Environment and Nature
- Forestry
- Parks
- Parks Canada
- Records
- Trail making
- Trails
- Warden cabins
- Wardens
- Wildlife
- Geographic Access
- Waterton
- Waterton National Park
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Conservation
- Blank pages not scanned
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Content Details
- LIST OF SUBJECTS :
- * Correspondence
- * Stores inventories
- * Fire equipment inventories
- * Report preparation
- * Horse purchases
- * Warden diary review
- * Town fire brigade instruction
- * Patrols
- * Trail and telephone line inspections
- * Timber cruising
- * Phone line repair
- * Financial estimation
- * Fire hazard inspection of townsite buildings
- * Sending water and milk samples for testing
- * Timber cutting operations review
- * Timber scaling
- * Haying supervision at Park farm
- * Phone line construction
- * Trail crew supervision
- * Inspections of trails, phone lines, cabins with Superintendent
- * Horse vaccinations
- * Measurement and photographing of cabins and outbuildings
- * Shipping hides to National Museum
- * Hiring blacksmith
- * Court duty
- * Wildlife management and control
- * Trainee supervision
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Daytimers
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1940 & 1941 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 47 : Includes notes throughout the year periodically documenting hockey scores. Begins recording deaths of friends, obituary writing. Throughout June documentation of significant events during the war. Trip to Wea…
- Date Range
- 1940-1941
- Reference Code
- M546 / 47 to 48
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
2 images
2 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546
- Accession Number
- 2014.8312
- Reference Code
- M546 / 47 to 48
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1940-1941
- Physical Description
- 4.6 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.5 x 15.5 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1940 & 1941 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 47 : Includes notes throughout the year periodically documenting hockey scores. Begins recording deaths of friends, obituary writing. Throughout June documentation of significant events during the war. Trip to Weasel Cove in August. M546 48 : Includes documentation of day to day activities, including personal hygiene, leisure, correspondence, house and car cleaning and social events. Moves between Sidney/Victoria and Banff regularly. Camp throughout July. Documents interactions with “B”.
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned
- Name Access
- Wheeler, A. O. (Arthur Oliver)
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Camps
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Family and personal life
- Finances
- Leisure
- Memorial
- Mountains
- Obituary
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports and recreation
- Record keeping
- Transportation
- Travel
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Work
- World War II
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Victoria
- Sidney
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wheeler, A. O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Personal Daytimers
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- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1942 & 1943 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 49 : Includes day to day activities, daily temperature in morning and evening, records of daily weather, personal hygiene, leisure, correspondence, financial documentation. Documentation of time spent with “B” and …
- Date Range
- 1942
- Reference Code
- M546 / 49 to 50
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Diary
2 images
2 Electronic Resources
- Part Of
- Arthur Oliver Wheeler fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M546 / V771
- Sous-Fonds
- M546
- Accession Number
- 2014.8312
- Reference Code
- M546 / 49 to 50
- GMD
- Diary
- Date Range
- 1942
- Physical Description
- 4.3 cm of textual records (2 volumes ; 9.4 x 15.6 cm)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to the 1942 & 1943 personal diaires/daytimers of A. O. Wheeler. M546 / 49 : Includes day to day activities, daily temperature in morning and evening, records of daily weather, personal hygiene, leisure, correspondence, financial documentation. Documentation of time spent with “B” and Eli. Documents correspondence related to Harmon’s death, obituaries, condolences, etc. M546 / 50 : Includes documentation of personal hygiene, daily correspondence, weather, temperature, financial transactions. Travel between Sidney/Victoria and Banff. Throughout mid January writing correspondence regarding “Sir Oliver.” August 17 correspondence regarding “‘call up’ for all over 18 ½ years.”
- Notes
- Blank pages not scanned
- Subject Access
- Alpine Club of Canada
- Biography
- Camps
- Climbing
- Correspondence
- Family and personal life
- Finances
- Leisure
- Memorial
- Mountains
- Obituary
- Professional and Personal Life
- Sports and recreation
- Record keeping
- Travel and Exploration
- Weather
- Work
- Geographic Access
- Rocky Mountains
- Banff
- Banff National Park
- Victoria
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Wheeler, A. O.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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